Summerhill is a British children's television drama about the famously radical Summerhill School in Leiston in Suffolk, written by Alison Hume and directed by Jon East. It was first broadcast on the CBBC Channel in January 2008 and was subsequently nominated for three children's BAFTA awards: Best Drama, Best Writer (for Alison Hume) and Breakthrough Talent (for Eliot Otis Brown Walters). It won the awards for writer & breakthrough nominations. The show launched the careers of a number of young actors, most notably Jessie Cave who went on to star as 'Lavender Brown' in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and also Olly Alexander, Eliot Otis Brown Walters, and Holly Bodimeade.
The series was also shown on BBC One, and as a feature-length film on BBC Four.
Cast Eliot Otis Brown Walters as Ryan Holly Bodimeade as Maddy Jessie Cave as Stella Olly Alexander as Ned Sam Hoare as Phil Ron Cook as Ofsted Inspector Wharton Tracy-Ann Oberman as Alice Ford Annette Badland as Ofsted Inspector Myrtle Ruth Gemmell as Rose Geraldine McNulty as Zoe Ed Pearce as Ofsted Officer Karl Rogers as Peter Connor McIntyre as Len Chae-eun Park as Sung-Ha Lola Mae Loughran as Ellen
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Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipients Result2008British Academy Children's AwardsChildren's: DramaAlison Hume, Stephen Smallwood, and Jon EastChildren's: WriterAlison HumeRoyal Television Society AwardsWriter of the Year
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